republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2535.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "High-occupancy toll lanes: notice of toll evasion violation."
description: "Existing law requires an issuing agency or a processing agency to forward a notice of toll evasion violation to the registered owner of a vehicle that is found, by automated devices, visual observation, or otherwise, to have evaded tolls on a toll road or toll bridge within 21 days of the violation, except as specified. Existing law requires the notice of toll evasion violation to set forth the violation, including reference to the code section violated, the approximate time thereof, and the location where the violation occurred. Existing law also requires the notice of toll evasion violation to include the vehicle license plate number, a clear and concise explanation of the procedures for contesting the violation and appealing an adverse decision, and, if practicable, the registration expiration date and the make of the vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2535"
citation: "California AB 2535 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["High-occupancy toll lanes: notice of toll evasion violation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Obernolte"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42247955-39d7-4662-a6a3-190ce8b4a588"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2535"
source_hash: "a7619cc650b0944e644102aa93dc0733967d7046847b3f0f319eef6b0debc1b7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2535 (20172018) — High-occupancy toll lanes: notice of toll evasion violation.

Existing law requires an issuing agency or a processing agency to forward a notice of toll evasion violation to the registered owner of a vehicle that is found, by automated devices, visual observation, or otherwise, to have evaded tolls on a toll road or toll bridge within 21 days of the violation, except as specified. Existing law requires the notice of toll evasion violation to set forth the violation, including reference to the code section violated, the approximate time thereof, and the location where the violation occurred. Existing law also requires the notice of toll evasion violation to include the vehicle license plate number, a clear and concise explanation of the procedures for contesting the violation and appealing an adverse decision, and, if practicable, the registration expiration date and the make of the vehicle.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2535&version=20170AB253599INT)
2. **03/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2535&version=20170AB253598AMD)
3. **09/17/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2535&version=20170AB253596CHP)
4. **AB2535** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2535)
5. **08/15/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2535&version=20170AB253597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2535 OBERNOLTE Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2535 Obernolte By Beall — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Obernolte — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2018-03-05** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4790.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5289.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-14** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 435, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42247955-39d7-4662-a6a3-190ce8b4a588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).